Executive Order on Succession at the Department of Health and Human Services
Executive Order Providing An Order of Succession Within the Department of Health and Human Services

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies
Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that:

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of
this order, the officers named in section 2, in the order listed, shall
act as and perform the functions and duties of the Office of the
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) during any period
when both the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of Health and Human
Services (Deputy Secretary) have died, resigned, or become otherwise
unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary.